I was worried about this one, not because I thought I couldn't do it, but just anxious I guess. Well I did it! on the treadmill but I did it! I will try and get my outside run on Sunday if the pollen count drops.
My breathing is still compromised, and didn't free up until about 3K in so I took it really slowly. It wasn't as bad as yesterday and I could feel the air gradually going deeper in so I knew I could get through the run (running has helped with my asthma in general).
The toxic ten was a toxic 2K today
Around 3k in Justin Timberlake came on telling me "Running fast in my mind, Girl don't you slow it down" (name that song anyone?) and I thought nope, not slowing down.
I was starting to feel better when Prince said "Let me show you baby I'm a talented boy" (name that song?), which brought back some memories that are probably best not shared on a family forum, but that thought got me through another 1K lol.
Got to 5K and thought hang going for the 5K let's get the 7K out of the way, you never know what the pollen count is going to be on Friday or Sunday so carried on to Ike and Tina telling me "And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river" (name that song?) which is one of my favourites so that cheered me up.
Then came Kool and the Gang "If you hear any noise, it ain't the boys....." (it's ???), and I rolled around to 6K. I upped the pace slightly for the next song when Martha Reeve and the Vandellas told me it was like a heatwave (really?, hadn't noticed?) and then Gnarls Barkley came on "I remember when, I remember when I lost my mind, there was something so special about that day" (last one, name that song??) and I upped the pace once more and wondered getting up at 5am and running meant I had lost my mind, but that there was something really special about the day I started C25K.
Running on the treadmill means that I can't take in my surroundings and be in awe of nature, but I am learning to occupy my mind and use my music to trip over a memory or a thought and get carried along wherever my mind wants me to go. It is quite liberating in some ways, to daydream and see where my mind wants to go, sort of like the opposite of meditation, and not have to snap out of it and get on with something else.
I also discovered that my treadmill clock does go over an hour
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Fabulous run, and fun post. Your Prince reminiscing made me lol. Glad I wasn't drinking my coffee!
Have to say I admire that fact you are stickingwith it on the treadmill. I know outside is an issue with your asthma but hats off. Many a mortal would have thrown in the towel by now. Go you 👊 x
thank you! I was speaking to a colleague and it seems that the heatwave has also vastly increased pollution, which may explain why I was so bad yesterday, when I have been managing to run all Spring
I envy your outside running, but at the same time, the treadmill has become my friend lol
Senorita?? Huge well done you...hope you manage to get outside again really soon..Pollen was worse at the coast last weekend..better back here weirdly!
I don't have to travel to work today, so I don't have to go through the city, I have mainly "just" pollen, the pollution isn't too bad in my village, but the pollen is terrible at the moment
wish there was a way of sharing playlists - you could do all the effort and I could listen
I found a different version of Gett off the other day with a rap bit in that I hadn't heard before. I have both versions on my playlist and that new (to me) one was the one that came on today
I will try to find the longer version. My favourite for running is the long version of Alphabet Street (from the Lovesexy album). This is guaranteed to improve any run.
FANTASTIC! Well done you and your musical accompaniment (Get Off by Prince is incredibly rude as I recall... 😂) Hope you're feeling brilliant now, you're Super Woman!
You can work on speed later if you wish. I'm running considerably slower at the moment just to ensure I have enough in the tank to get through the runs, I'll worry about speed when I can run for 10k!!
Oooo BIT, love your playlist! ❤️ 🎶 ❤️. However, I’m not even sure those epic tunes would have helped me run 7k on a treadmill. Huge kudos to you for sticking it out. I’d have lost the will to live, I know it! 😅
You’re doing amazingly well. 10k has your name written all over it! 👏👏👏👏
I had Crosby Still Nash & Young on last week and in one of the songs it said “ I’m not giving an inch to fear” and I thought “exactly!” It spurred me to carry on.
This week’s long run was a podcast on serial killers, perhaps not the beast choice on my own in the woods 😂
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